HANGING BY A MOMENT
As I listened to the first track, "Hanging by a Moment", which was also their first single, I thought of the couples. Mostly, of Jake and I. Mainly, the awkwardness we encountered. A few incidents stood out in my mind.
"Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
Chasing after you"
The one incident that those lyrics reminded me of was at the mall, that fateful night, when we met Elfangor....
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Rachel and I were at the mall.
"Don't look," I hissed. "It's Jake."
"I can't look at my cousin?"
"You can look, just don't *look*, that's all I'm saying."
"You mean, don't look at him in a way that will convey that you are hot for him? That you want his lips pressed against yours? That you want his big, strong arms wrapped all around you?"
"Yes, Rachel, that's what I meant. That is exactly what I meant.".....
He'd never asked me out. I'd never asked him out. Needless to say, Rachel found all of it touching, funny, and completely idiotic.
"I'm falling even more in love with you,
Letting go of I'll I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move,
I'm hanging by a moment here with you"
Jake spotted us. For a moment he had his deer-in-the-headlights look. Then he put on his nonchalance.........
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"Forgetting all I'm lacking,
Completely incomplete,
I'll take your invitation,
You take all of me, now"
Then there was the time I was in a bathing suit, before the first Helmacron
incident....
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It suddenly occured to me that he'd never seen me in a bathing suit. I had wanted to hide...
"He thinks I look dumpy," I muttered to Rachel under my breath.
"Cassie, you are so hopeless. What you know about guys could fit on the head of a pin. Good grief. That is not a 'she looks dumpy' look. That is a 'whoa, she looks hot, but I better not show any reaction or she'll get offended' look."......
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I giggled out loud, remembering. Jake chose that moment to walk in the room.
"What are you giggling at?" he asked suspiciously.
"Remember that time with the Helmacrons? The first one? When Marco, Tobias and I were shrunk?"
He nodded suspiciously.
"Remember you were at my barn, and Rachel and I asked you what kind of ship it was, because we thought it was a toy? Romulan or whatever? Well, that was the first time you saw me in a bathing suit." I giggled again.
"Oh, yeah..." he said, and turned bright red.
"I don't know if you noticed, but Rachel and I were whispering."
He nodded and started singing along with the lyrics...
"I'm falling even more in love with you,
Letting go of all I've held onto,
I'm standing here until you make me move,
I'm hanging by a moment here with you.
I'm living for the only thing I know,
I'm running and not quite sure where to go.
And I don't know what I'm diving into,
Just hanging by a moment here with you."
I raised my eyebrows.
"That's about how I felt then. You looked hot in that bathing suit."
It was my turn to become bright red. I giggled. Rachel was right.
"Why are you giggling now?"
"Rachel was right. We were whispering about the look on your face. She basically read you like a book while I, the usually understanding one, was completely dumbfounded. I thought you thought I looked dumpy. According to Rachel, what I know about guys could fit on the head of a pin."
The music ended.
Jake laughed and left the room.
As I listened to the first track, "Hanging by a Moment", which was also their first single, I thought of the couples. Mostly, of Jake and I. Mainly, the awkwardness we encountered. A few incidents stood out in my mind.
"Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
Chasing after you"
The one incident that those lyrics reminded me of was at the mall, that fateful night, when we met Elfangor....
***************************************************************
Rachel and I were at the mall.
"Don't look," I hissed. "It's Jake."
"I can't look at my cousin?"
"You can look, just don't *look*, that's all I'm saying."
"You mean, don't look at him in a way that will convey that you are hot for him? That you want his lips pressed against yours? That you want his big, strong arms wrapped all around you?"
"Yes, Rachel, that's what I meant. That is exactly what I meant.".....
He'd never asked me out. I'd never asked him out. Needless to say, Rachel found all of it touching, funny, and completely idiotic.
"I'm falling even more in love with you,
Letting go of I'll I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move,
I'm hanging by a moment here with you"
Jake spotted us. For a moment he had his deer-in-the-headlights look. Then he put on his nonchalance.........
**************************************************************
"Forgetting all I'm lacking,
Completely incomplete,
I'll take your invitation,
You take all of me, now"
Then there was the time I was in a bathing suit, before the first Helmacron
incident....
**************************************************************
It suddenly occured to me that he'd never seen me in a bathing suit. I had wanted to hide...
"He thinks I look dumpy," I muttered to Rachel under my breath.
"Cassie, you are so hopeless. What you know about guys could fit on the head of a pin. Good grief. That is not a 'she looks dumpy' look. That is a 'whoa, she looks hot, but I better not show any reaction or she'll get offended' look."......
***************************************************************
I giggled out loud, remembering. Jake chose that moment to walk in the room.
"What are you giggling at?" he asked suspiciously.
"Remember that time with the Helmacrons? The first one? When Marco, Tobias and I were shrunk?"
He nodded suspiciously.
"Remember you were at my barn, and Rachel and I asked you what kind of ship it was, because we thought it was a toy? Romulan or whatever? Well, that was the first time you saw me in a bathing suit." I giggled again.
"Oh, yeah..." he said, and turned bright red.
"I don't know if you noticed, but Rachel and I were whispering."
He nodded and started singing along with the lyrics...
"I'm falling even more in love with you,
Letting go of all I've held onto,
I'm standing here until you make me move,
I'm hanging by a moment here with you.
I'm living for the only thing I know,
I'm running and not quite sure where to go.
And I don't know what I'm diving into,
Just hanging by a moment here with you."
I raised my eyebrows.
"That's about how I felt then. You looked hot in that bathing suit."
It was my turn to become bright red. I giggled. Rachel was right.
"Why are you giggling now?"
"Rachel was right. We were whispering about the look on your face. She basically read you like a book while I, the usually understanding one, was completely dumbfounded. I thought you thought I looked dumpy. According to Rachel, what I know about guys could fit on the head of a pin."
The music ended.
Jake laughed and left the room.
